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DRAWING DOWN TO A TAPER

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Drawing down to a taper, is a basic skill and results in the production of a thinner section at one end of the steel length. Drawing down to a thinner, parallel section will be dealt with later.

The techniques starts with heating the metal to an orange / yellow colour and placing it on the anvil face (see below). A small chamfer is produced first, by striking all four edges of the bar, at the heated end. Two or three strikes to each edge, will begin to produce the chamfer. The metal is rotated to ensure all four edges are ‘hammered’.

The metal will need reheating throughout the process, to maintain orange / yellow heat. As the chamfer is increased to produce a taper, the angle between the metal and anvil face is reduced.

 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTE: It is important to produce a chamfer first, as this prevents ‘piping’, which makes further forging difficult and can result in the end of the metal splitting.
 
 
 
 
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